Thursday, November 7, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
One Whisper to play at union
By Elizabeth Snuttjer
Staff Reporter
One Whisper is coming out of the
basement into the flourishing local
music scene.
Band Preview
This Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the
Nebraska Union they play with For
Against and the Lunch Cats in a promfr
tion called "New Band Land." All pro
ceeds will go to the food bank of Lin
coln. Admission is $3.
One Whisper is Roger Benes on key
boards and lead vocals, Les Bennett on
guitar, Jeff Dell on the drums and Pat
Yarusso on bass.
The group's members have played in
several former local bands.
Bennett was in The Untouchables,
Boy Friday and The Mystery Zone.
Yarusso was in The Pedestrians and
French Leave. Dell was in French Leave
and Benes was in The Mystery Zone and
The Pedestrians.
One Whisper plays mostly originals
and some covers. Their music includes
anything from rock to funk and jazz.
"We try to keep away from heavy
metal," Bennett said.
About 60 percent of their tunes are
original, Benes said. "Our originals
aren't as obscure as some band's. They
are songs that people can relate to
right away," he said.
What are their songs about? "About
3 minutes," Benes said.
In general the songs respond to
situations involving people, feelings
and actions, said songwriter Benes.
Titles include "Lookng for a Better
Day," "Listen to Your Heart," "I've
Noticed You," and "Nothing's Changed."
"We work for what we get and if we
don't get it we know we didn't work
hard enough," Bennett said.
"Practices are kind of military,"
Yarusso said. There is a set time, place
and punishment if you are late, he said,
adding that practices usually are four
times a week and last 2 to 4 hours.
"We spend all day getting ready for a
gig. . . for example, last Friday setting
up for a Greek party, we got there at
1:30 p.m. and didn't get home until 3
a.m.," Benes said.
Why invest that time?
"We love it!" Benes said.
"The money's nic , " Pell said.
"We are doing it fir (hicks. Where
are the chicks?" Benn, u said, shrugging.
One Whisper has played Greek par
ties, bars and various private parties. If
you miss them tonight, they play at the
Drumstick Nov. 16,
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BTO belts out sound with intensity;
but new songs lack raw energy
By Bill Allen
Senior Editor
"We're going to play some rock 'n'
roll tonight BTO style," C.F. Turner
promised the Royal Grove crowd Tues
day night. They delivered.
Opening with their 1974 hit, "Let It
Ride," Canada's Bachman Turner Over
drive came out rocking and kept on
rocking, sometimes barely audible over
the roar of the nostalgic audience.
Concert Review
The recent interest in blue collar
rock has propelled such bands as John
Cafferty and the Beaver Brown band to
national fame. It has given Bruce
Springsteen the superstardom he has
deserved so long, and it has brought
back BTO for another tour.
Cafferty played to a sold-out house at
the Grove a couple months ago. BTO
was awarded the same honor. By the
time the show started at 10:45 the
grove's dance floor was converted by
sheer mass to a standing-room-only
concert reunion.
The reunion was reminiscent of a
time before bands got by on echo
chambers, synthesizers and video sta
tions. When BTO was popular you had
to be able to play the instruments and
write songs, not just look good on film,
BTO hit every chord, belting out the
sound with precision riffs and hard
jamming intensity that picked up the
crowd and shook them.
The only new metnber of BTO is Garry
Peterson, formerly of the Guess Who.
His licks were crisp, yet booming and
seemed to applaud the guitar work of
Tim and Randy Bachman and Turner's
bass.
When they played the old stuff, like
the classic "Taking Care of Business,"
the concert ranked as an all-time great,
but BTO's new songs lacked the power
of their earlier work. "Fragile Man,"
seemed forced and grasped unsuccess
fully for that old energy.
While the music of "Just Can't Wait
for the Weekend," wasn't spectacular,
the lyrics were among BTO's better new
work and magnify their working class
themes for the working class crowd:
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thing gets me throughJust can Y
wait for the weekend, baby and
just being with you."
Test yourself .
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easy to read as red, no -white, yes?
Which is a simple one-step test?
Which has a dramatic color change
to make the results unmistakable?
Which is 98 accurate, as accurate
as many hospital and lab tests?
Which is portable for convenience
and privacy?
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